1. A rich gravy made using tomatoes and cashew nuts .
2. Koftas are fried dumplings using mixed vegetables and some spices .
The preparation and cooking time is a little elaborate for this particular recipe , but the final product is worth all the time that goes into the making of this Kofta Curry .
Please don't try to rush into making this recipe .prepare it only when you have good amount of time on hand .
There are various ways in which the Kofta can be prepared , but I am going to give you a very very simple method with easily available ingredients in the pantry.
Preparation Time - 40 mins
Cooking time- 30 mins
Frying Time - 20 mins
Serves- 2 to 3
Preparation of Curry
Ingredients
3 medium sized tomatoes - roughly chopped
8-10 cashews soaked in warm water
1 tsp ginger finely chopped
2 tsp garam masala powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp haldi powder
2 tsp dhaniya powder / coriander powder
Salt
Pinch of sugar
1 green chilli finely chopped .
1/2 tsp jeera
Method
3 medium sized tomatoes - roughly chopped
8-10 cashews soaked in warm water
1 tsp ginger finely chopped
2 tsp garam masala powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp haldi powder
2 tsp dhaniya powder / coriander powder
Salt
Pinch of sugar
1 green chilli finely chopped .
1/2 tsp jeera
Method
- In a wok/kadai add some 2 tsp of oil and splutter the jeera .
- Now sauté the tomatoes and green chilli with 1/2 tsp ginger until the tomatoes turn soft and mushy .
- Blend into a fine paste once the tomatoes cool down.
- In another mixie jar , blend the cashews into a fine paste and keep aside .
- To prepare the gravy, heat a little 1 tablespoon oil or ghee or butter in a frying pan .
- Add turmeric , red chilli powder and dhaniya powder and fry it well , do it on low flame
- and donot burn the spices .
- Quickly pour in the tomato paste and mix it well , you will get a bright color . Allow the tomatoes paste to cook well until the oil begins to separate from the gravy . Sprinkle some water , if you feel the gravy has become dry .
- Add the cashew paste and 1/4 cup water ; mix well . Add salt , garam masala and a pinch of sugar and cook till the raw flavor of cashews is lost . The gravy will look bright orangish and the aroma will be wafting through your kitchen .
- You may adjust some water and spices if you feel it is too dry or spices are less .
- The gravy is ready when you can see the oil has separated well and is floating on top .
- For the Kofta curry , the gravy has to be little watery because when we put in the koftas into the gravy , the koftas will absorb the gravy and the gravy will thicken. So adjust water accordingly while cooking .
Preparation of Koftas
Ingredients
2 medium sized potatoes boiled and peeled
1 medium carrot grated
1 cup grated paneer
2 to 3 finely chopped green chillies
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
Salt as needed
Freshly chopped corriander
1 tsp chat masala
Pinch of kala namak
Half a lime
1 tablespoon maida /APF
1 tablespoon besan /gram flour
Method
- Grate the boiled potatoes and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, add the chopped chillies , salt , coriander, red chilli powder, chat masala,lime juice and kala namak and mix it well such that all the flavors are released nicely.
- Now , add the grated potatoes, carrots, paneer to the spice mixture along with maida and gram flour and mix it well and knead to a soft ball.
- No need to add any water while kneading . The dough should not be sticky or watery..if it is a little watery add some rice flour or corn flour to absorb the moisture.
- Grease your palm and make small balls and refrigerate these balls for about 20 mins.
- Fry them on medium heat until they turn golden brown and crisp.
- Alternatively, you can fry them in the appe pan /paniyaram pan/aebelskeiwer pan .
- Drain in an absorbent paper and keep aside .
Serving the Kofta Curry
In a bowl, pour the warm curry and add 2 to 3 koftas to the gravy and pour some gravy on top of it and serve hot with naan , roti , jeera rice or pulao.
No comments:
Post a Comment
If you feel your search for the recipe ends here and this blog has helped you with that,please do drop in a word / suggestion ,which will motivate me further to help you guys !!